The Mocking-bird Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACCDEFF| Superb and sole upon a plumed spray | A |
| That o'er the general leafage boldly grew | B |
| He summ'd the woods in song or typic drew | B |
| The watch of hungry hawks the lone dismay | A |
| Of languid doves when long their lovers stray | A |
| And all birds' passion plays that sprinkle dew | B |
| At morn in brake or bosky avenue | B |
| Whate'er birds did or dreamed this bird could say | A |
| Then down he shot bounced airily along | C |
| The sward twitched in a grasshopper made song | C |
| Midflight perched prinked and to his art again | D |
| Sweet Science this large riddle read me plain | E |
| How may the death of that dull insect be | F |
| The life of yon trim Shakespeare on the tree | F |
Sidney Lanier
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